| UPDATE: Wild Recount Ties GOP And Democrats For Control Of Virginia House Of Delegates Posted: 19 Dec 2017 03:17 PM PST  UPDATE ― Dec. 20, 2:40 p.m.: A closely watched race for a Virginia House of Delegates seat has come down to a tie, after a three-judge panel decided Wednesday to count a previously uncounted ballot for the Republican delegate.
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| Taxes are done, but Congress still has a long to-do list Posted: 20 Dec 2017 08:03 AM PST  While the tax plan has been passed, Congress still has a lot to do before the end of the year, including a bill to keep the government open and a decision on funding for a major children's health insurance plan.
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| Kim Jong Un expands his war on Christmas with new ban on singing and drinking Posted: 19 Dec 2017 06:57 PM PST  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has upped the ante in his war on Christmas with a new rule that prohibits any "gatherings that involve alcohol and singing."
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| Eight Americans among 12 killed in Mexico bus crash Posted: 20 Dec 2017 08:17 AM PST  Officials in Mexico have begun the process of bringing charges against a driver whose bus overturned on a trip to the Mayan ruins, leaving 12 dead and another 18 injured.
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| Senate Democrats Prepare To Kick Dreamer Fix To Next Year, As House Promises A Fight Posted: 20 Dec 2017 03:57 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― The chances of passing protections for undocumented young people this year are all but dead in the Senate, but House Democrats insisted on Wednesday that they aren't giving up, raising the specter of a government shutdown if they hold the line.
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| The Latest: Governor says Amtrak will pay derailment costs Posted: 20 Dec 2017 05:27 PM PST  DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):
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| Sea turtle found trapped in cocaine bundles worth $53m Posted: 20 Dec 2017 03:37 AM PST  A sea turtle trapped among floating cocaine bales worth $53m (£40m) has been rescued by the US Coast Guard. The boat crew discovered the large loggerhead turtle entangled in blue rope connecting bales containing 800 kilos (1,800lb) of the Class A drug in the Pacific Ocean on November 19. The US Coast Guard helps rescue a sea turtle trapped among bundles of cocaine Credit: US Coast Guard/Facebook Coast Guard Ens. Mark Krebs and his team noticed the injured sea turtle after launching a small boat to investigate a debris field. "They saw significant chaffing from the lines on his neck and flippers," said the US Coast Guard. "They briefed the commanding officer and went to work, carefully cutting the lines wrapped around the sea turtle and then eventually freeing him. "The boat crew recovered over 75-feet of line to prevent further entanglement of sea life and returned to the law enforcement mission recovering over 1,800 pounds of cocaine valued at over $53 million dollars from international waters." The struggling marine reptile was rescued during a 68-day counter drug patrol by the US Armed Forces branch in the Eastern Pacific along the Central American coast. By the end of the operation, the crew had seized a total of 6,755 kilos (14,800lb) of cocaine, 14 pounds of marijuana and arrested 24 suspected smugglers. The large sea turtle was entangled in $53m worth of cocaine Credit: US Coast Guard/Facebook The seizure was part of Operation Martillo, an international operation involving 18 countries targeting criminal organisations moving illicit cargo. In November, hundreds of dead sea turtles were found by environmental officials floating off the coast of El Salvador. The BBC series Blue Planet II recently highlighted the devastating effect plastic and human rubbish is having on the ocean.
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| Thomas Fire Close To Becoming The Biggest Wildfire In California History Posted: 20 Dec 2017 04:21 PM PST  The Thomas Fire burning in Southern California is on the verge of becoming the largest blaze on state record, accomplishing a shocking feat for this time of year.
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| 2 More Women Join Lawsuit Against Bill O'Reilly And Fox News Posted: 20 Dec 2017 12:32 PM PST  Ousted Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's efforts to smear the many women who've accused him of sexual harassment is once again coming back to bite him.
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| Hariri says Gulf states not planning measures against Lebanon Posted: 21 Dec 2017 04:27 AM PST ![Hariri says Gulf states not planning measures against Lebanon]( "Hariri says Gulf states not planning measures against Lebanon") Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday Gulf Arab countries were planning no action against Lebanon after a political crisis last month thrust it onto the front line of rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Hariri has been a political ally of Saudi Arabia but his coalition government includes Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah group, an ally of Shi'ite Iran and sworn enemy of Sunni Muslim Riyadh. Last month's political crisis, sparked when Hariri announced his resignation while in Saudi Arabia, raised fear in Lebanon that Riyadh and its Gulf allies would take economic action against the tiny Mediterranean country.
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| Why Coinbase Halted Bitcoin Cash GDAX Trades, Just Minutes After Launch Posted: 20 Dec 2017 12:22 AM PST  The launch got off to a rocky start.
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| Mistrial in Nevada standoff is latest defeat for prosecutors Posted: 20 Dec 2017 03:47 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. judge in Nevada dealt another defeat Wednesday to federal prosecutors trying to punish leaders of armed standoffs meant to oppose federal authority over vast swaths of land in the American West.
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| Official: Train brake automatically activated in fatal wreck Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:26 PM PST  DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training next to him in the locomotive, a federal official said Tuesday.
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| China outcry as Taiwan arrests pro-Beijing party members accused of spying Posted: 20 Dec 2017 04:45 AM PST  China has accused Taiwanese authorities of "persecution" after four members of a pro-Beijing political party were detained in connection with a spying case. Police in Taiwan arrested Wang Ping-chung, a prominent media personality, along with three colleagues from the pro-unification New Party on Tuesday. The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office released a statement saying that Mr Wang and other people of interest were being investigated on suspicion of violating the National Security Act. Taipei prosecutor Lin Chun-ting, who is leading the investigation, is also in charge of the probe into Zhou Hongxu, a Chinese student convicted in September for trying to obtain classified information and recruiting people to a spy network. According to the Taipei Times, Mr Wang was allegedly friends with Mr Zhou and played a key role in introducing him to Taiwanese government officials. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks on the phone with Donald Trump Credit: Reuters Another detained member of the New Party, Lin Ming-cheng, told reporters after his release that he was questioned about the spying case and his relationship with Mr Zhou, but he denied the allegations. "It is absurd for them to make a link between Zhou and us all because they found a mention of us on Zhou's computer," Mr Lin said, according to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. China's Taiwan Affairs Office praised the New Party for upholding the "one China" principle in a short statement released late on Tuesday. "Recently, the Taiwan authorities have shielded and connived with Taiwan independent splittists, and taken various moves to wantonly crack down on and persecute forces and people who uphold peaceful reunification," it said. "We strongly condemn this and are paying close attention to developments." The investigation is the second in recent months into a minority party supporting unification with the Chinese mainland, and comes amid heightened tensions between the government of self-ruled Taiwan and Beijing. Relations across the Taiwan Strait have deteriorated since the election of President Tsai Ing-wen in 2016, whose ruling DPP rejects Chinese claims of sovereignty over the island of 23 million. While parties which are strongly pro-Beijing have little traction with the electorate, the majority of whom identify as Taiwanese, there are growing fears among Taipei's elite that China is seeking to undermine their country's democracy from within. In September, government agencies launched a probe into the Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), run by Chang An-lo, a former triad leader known as White Wolf, over concerns that Beijing was funding its activities. Mr Chang has denied the accusations.
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| Alabama Conducting Voter Fraud Investigation Based On Man's Off-The-Cuff Comment Posted: 19 Dec 2017 10:28 AM PST  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says he is investigating concerns of voter fraud in last week's Senate special election, even though he has publicly said there is no evidence of it.
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| U.S. cancels student loan debts for 12,900 college fraud victims Posted: 20 Dec 2017 03:56 PM PST ![U.S. cancels student loan debts for 12,900 college fraud victims]( "U.S. cancels student loan debts for 12,900 college fraud victims") The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday canceled the student-loan debts of 12,900 people defrauded by defunct Corinthian Colleges, but its announcement that it will give varying amounts of debt relief in the future set off fierce criticism. For-profit higher education provider Corinthian collapsed in 2015 amid government investigations into how many of its graduates found gainful employment. An internal review released this month showed the Education Department had stopped discharging loans of former attendees of Corinthian and other failed for-profit schools once President Donald Trump took office.
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| These Companies Have Promised to Give Employees Bonuses Because the Tax Bill Passed Posted: 20 Dec 2017 04:08 PM PST  President Trump praised AT&T's announcement: 'That's because of what we did'
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| Veterinarian Accused Of Shooting Neighbors' Dog In The Head Posted: 20 Dec 2017 10:52 AM PST  A veterinarian in Louisiana was arrested on Tuesday and charged with aggravated animal cruelty after allegedly fatally shooting her neighbors' dog in the head.
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| The Navy Has A New Trick to Make its Fighter Jets Even More Lethal Posted: 20 Dec 2017 04:33 PM PST  United States Navy experiments are proving that advanced airborne data-links will greatly improve the capability of the service's carrier-based strike fighters and electronic attack jets even without the addition of new platforms. During the U.S. Navy's Netted Sensors 2017 (NS17) fleet experiment in August, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler crews showed off the capabilities of the Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) data-link to enable entire new capabilities.
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| Ivanka Trump surprise visit to Connecticut school prompts some parents to pull children from class Posted: 20 Dec 2017 07:05 AM PST  Ivanka Trump's surprise unannounced visit to a school in Connecticut has prompted some parents to pull their children from class. The US president's daughter addressed secondary school students at the Norwalk Early College Academy about the importance of education in the sciences, technology, mathematics, and engineering. Ms Trump, who serves as an unpaid advisor to her father, said: "To see the passion and enthusiasm for bringing real-life skills into a classroom environment, but then coupling it with real-life experience through internship, creates this really beautiful virtuous angle".
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| The Latest: South Africa's new party leader: Graft must end Posted: 20 Dec 2017 02:52 PM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Latest on the new leader of South Africa's ruling party (all times local):
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| Saudi says it intercepted Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh Posted: 19 Dec 2017 06:30 PM PST  Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile Tuesday over Riyadh fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who announced that the target was the official residence of King Salman. US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley described the strike as bearing "all the hallmarks of previous attacks using Iranian-provided weapons" as she announced Washington would be discussing options for Security Council action against Tehran. The audacious attack aimed at the heart of Saudi power follows the downing of another missile last month near Riyadh airport that triggered the tightening of a Saudi-led blockade on hunger-stricken Yemen.
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| Why I Stayed At A Job Where I Was Sexually Harassed Posted: 20 Dec 2017 12:05 PM PST  With the #MeToo movement gaining in the world in which I am bringing up my teen and preteen daughters, they want answers I don't always have.
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| Jeff Sessions Reportedly Revives Probe Of Uranium One Deal Posted: 21 Dec 2017 05:02 AM PST  The Justice Department is reviving an inquiry into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the government's controversial approval of the Uranium One deal, NBC News reported on Thursday.
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| U.S. investigators seeking to interview crew members in fatal derailment Posted: 19 Dec 2017 02:42 PM PST ![U.S. investigators seeking to interview crew members in fatal derailment]( "U.S. investigators seeking to interview crew members in fatal derailment") Safety investigators hope the engineer of an Amtrak passenger train that careened off a bridge onto a highway in Washington state can explain why his locomotive was traveling more than twice the speed limit when the deadly derailment occurred, officials said on Tuesday. Three people aboard the train were killed in the Monday morning wreck near the town of DuPont, in which all 12 carriages and one of the train's two locomotives tumbled off the rails, officials said. The accident occurred as the train was making its inaugural run on a new, slightly quicker route between Seattle and Portland, Oregon, with 86 people aboard, 80 of them passengers, Amtrak said.
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| Woman gives birth to child conceived 24 years ago Posted: 20 Dec 2017 01:52 AM PST  A 26-year-old Tennessee woman gave birth to a child who was conceived and frozen as an embryo 24 years ago.
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| Man Arrested After 5-Year-Old Son Fatally Shoots Himself With Gun Left In Glove Box Posted: 20 Dec 2017 01:21 PM PST  A Florida man is facing negligence charges after his 5-year-old son fatally shot himself in the head with a gun he found in the glove box of the man's car.
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| Trump Promised A Tax Cut Aimed At The Middle Class. Looks Like He Missed -- Badly. Posted: 19 Dec 2017 04:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump promised as he ran for president that the middle class would get a "massive" tax cut of 35 percent.
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| 2 rail buffs who pushed for faster trains killed in accident Posted: 20 Dec 2017 09:46 AM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — It was a given that the two pals who loved trains and spent their lives advocating for better rail access would be there on that day in history.
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| US aims to keep steep duties on Bombardier jets after Boeing complaint Posted: 20 Dec 2017 04:51 PM PST  The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday finalised steep anti-subsidy duties on Bombardier Inc's CSeries jets, setting up the next round of a fierce international trade dispute between the United States and Canada. The move announced by the department to impose duties of nearly 300 percent stems from a complaint by rival Boeing Co. The company claimed Bombardier had been unfairly and illegally subsidised by the Canadian government, allowing the planemaker to dump its newest jetliner in the U.S. market below cost. "Today's decision validates Boeing's complaints regarding Bombardier's pricing in the United States, pricing that has harmed our workforce and U.S. industry," Boeing said in a statement after the department decision. Delta Air Lines, the second largest U.S. carrier by passenger traffic, has an order for 75 of the 100-to-150 seat CSeries jets. The aircraft starts at $79.5 million, according to list prices, or some $5.9 billion for the total order, but carriers typically receive steep discounts. Bombardier C300 Series Poster Credit: Bombardier If imposed, the duties would more than triple the cost of a CSeries aircraft sold in the United States, based on Boeing's assertion that Delta received the planes for $20 million each, well below an estimated cost of $33 million and what Bombardier charges in Canada. The Commerce Department's penalty against Bombardier will only take effect if the lesser-known US International Trade Commission (ITC) rules in Boeing's favour, as it so far has, in its final decision expected in early 2018. In its two-part complaint, Boeing called for countervailing duties of 79.41 percent to offset what it described as harmful Canadian subsidies to Bombardier. It also identified a "dumping margin" of 80.5 percent, based on the unpublished prices at which it claims Bombardier sold the CSeries planes to Delta. The department decision follows Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' pledge to aggressively police unfairly traded imports to help shrink U.S. trade deficits. The move comes as the United States, Canada and Mexico are involved in a three-way negotiation to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The rift between the two plane makers could, however, move to a larger stage as Canada weighs a complaint to the World Trade Organization or through NAFTA regarding the dispute. At a contentious Monday hearing of the ITC, Canada warned that a positive finding of material harm to Boeing by the group could represent a possible violation of international trade agreements and prompt a formal objection. Canada earlier this month scrapped plans to buy 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets, underlining Ottawa's anger over the trade challenge. Boeing has said it considered all potential risks before deciding to launch its trade case. US-Canadian trade relations have also chilled recently over disputes over Canadian softwood lumber and U.S. milk protein products.
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| 7 Ways to Find Part-Time Work in Retirement Posted: 20 Dec 2017 06:55 AM PST ![7 Ways to Find Part-Time Work in Retirement]( "7 Ways to Find Part-Time Work in Retirement") There are many reasons to keep working after retirement. Of course, there's the money. But beyond that, it's something that gets you out of bed in the morning -- a place to go, a schedule to keep and a routine to anchor your life. You may also want the social interaction you find at work, and perhaps the sense of accomplishment for a job well done.
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| The 50 Most Hilarious Tweets From Parents This Year Posted: 20 Dec 2017 08:52 AM PST  Every week, we round up the most hilarious tweets from moms and dads.
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| U.S. seeks ship ban over North Korea violations, Moon proposes curtailing drills Posted: 19 Dec 2017 03:37 PM PST ![U.S. seeks ship ban over North Korea violations, Moon proposes curtailing drills]( "U.S. seeks ship ban over North Korea violations, Moon proposes curtailing drills") By Michelle Nichols and David Brunnstrom UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has called on the U.N. Security Council to blacklist 10 ships for circumventing sanctions on North Korea, documents showed on Tuesday, while South Korea's President suggested curtailing military exercises with Washington to ease tensions ahead of next year's Winter Olympics. Documents seen by Reuters said the 10 vessels had been conducting ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum products to North Korean vessels or transporting North Korean coal in violation of U.N. sanctions imposed over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
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| Uber Now Classified as a Transport Service in the EU: Here's Why It Matters Posted: 20 Dec 2017 08:56 AM PST  Is it more than just an app?
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| Turkey seeks arrest of US trial witness' family: report Posted: 20 Dec 2017 07:54 AM PST  Turkey on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the relatives of a witness in an explosive US trial of a Turkish banker accused of violating US sanctions against Iran, state media reported. Huseyin Korkmaz, a former police investigator now in the United States, last week described to a New York court how he had been investigating alleged corruption in 2013 and had gathered evidence before fleeing Turkey in 2016. Istanbul prosecutors are now seeking to detain Korkmaz's parents as well as his wife, older brother and two sisters after he apparently told the court "I have given documents to my mother to hide", state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
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| The Holiday Season Can Bring New Obstacles For Addicts, Here's How to Help Posted: 21 Dec 2017 07:56 AM PST  Holidays bring out "the more, the merrier" in all of us.
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| Half Of American Voters Think Trump Should Resign Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations Posted: 19 Dec 2017 01:11 PM PST  Half of American voters believe President Donald Trump should resign over the multiple sexual misconduct allegations against him, according to a poll published on Tuesday by Quinnipiac University.
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| ‘She’s in My Dreams’: How the Boyfriend of a N.D. Woman Killed for Their Baby Is Haunted by Her Death- HOLD FOR POST 12/21 Posted: 20 Dec 2017 06:09 PM PST  Four months after Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind's killing, her longtime boyfriend and father of her only child remains haunted.
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| Saudi, Lebanon diplomats caught in diplomatic tussle Posted: 20 Dec 2017 08:43 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's ambassador to Saudi Arabia and his Saudi counterpart are caught in what appears to be a diplomatic tussle over representation, with each country delaying accreditation of the other's diplomat, though both were named months ago.
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| Mexican journalist killed attending event at child's school Posted: 19 Dec 2017 03:58 PM PST  AMexican journalist was shot dead at an elementary school Christmas party Tuesday in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, becoming at least the 10th journalist slain in the country this year. The state security coordinator said in a statement that dozens of parents and children were present as unidentified attackers shot 34-year-old Gumaro Perez Aguilando while he attended the Christmas event at his child's school. Veracruz Gov. Miguel Angel Yunes condemned the shooting and said he ordered state police to provide protection to the journalist's family. A sign reading "We demand justice. No more impunity" hangs at the journalists' union office in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Mexico, Credit: AFP Perez covered crime news for a number of local outlets and had founded the online news site La Voz del Sur. He also worked for the local government in some capacity. The State Commission for Attention and Protection of Journalists said Perez was part of a protection program. "He belonged to the preventive program for safe coverage of this Commission since 2015, which refers to mechanisms for reporting that diminish danger in high-risk events," it said in a statement. "Nevertheless, regrettably, he had not made us aware of having received any threats that could have put him at risk." Commission president Ana Laura Vazquez said the group would monitor the investigation and urged the state government to track down his killers and solve the case.
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| College Classmates Learn They're Also Biological Brothers Posted: 20 Dec 2017 05:40 PM PST  Kieron Graham, 20, and Vincent Ghant, 29, have a lot in common.
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| Wall Street edges lower, pauses as tax bill clears Congress Posted: 20 Dec 2017 01:28 PM PST ![Wall Street edges lower, pauses as tax bill clears Congress]( "Wall Street edges lower, pauses as tax bill clears Congress") By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes dipped on Wednesday, pausing after recent record highs as both houses of Congress approved a long-anticipated tax overhaul. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping tax bill, which will be the largest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 30 years. The Senate had already voted in favor of the bill.
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| Strikes kill 19 in rebel village in Syria's Idlib: Observatory, rescue service Posted: 20 Dec 2017 05:57 AM PST ![Strikes kill 19 in rebel village in Syria's Idlib: Observatory, rescue service]( "Strikes kill 19 in rebel village in Syria's Idlib: Observatory, rescue service") Air strikes killed 19 people in a village in Syria's rebel stronghold of Idlib overnight, a rescue service there and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. The strikes pounded Maar Shureen in the northwestern Idlib province and injured 25 other people, the Britain-based Observatory said. The war monitoring group added that Syrian government or Russian aircraft had struck the village.
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| Deadly French bus crash driver charged with manslaughter Posted: 20 Dec 2017 02:50 PM PST  The driver of a school bus that was hit by a train at a level crossing in southern France, resulting in the deaths of six children, was charged Wednesday with manslaughter, a prosecutor said. The bus driver, a 48-year-old mother who was seriously hurt in the collision, was "placed under judicial control and banned from driving," said state prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux. The driver told investigators that the safety barriers were open at the time of the crash.
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| North Korea's Secret Fortune: $10 Trillion in Minerals? Posted: 19 Dec 2017 04:50 PM PST  Kim might be sitting on a vast reserve of natural resources--if he can ever get it out of the ground. North Korea's Secret Fortune: $10 Trillion in Minerals? While international sanctions and its own lack of resources have hindered the development of the hermit kingdom's energy and resource sector, it can expect plenty of help from its friends should the barriers to extraction be removed. The estimated mineral wealth is from a South Korean research institute, which in 2010 valued the North's resources at $10 trillion, some twenty times larger than the South's. Another estimate from a South Korean mining company puts the figure at closer to $6 trillion.
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